Yesem Kurt-Peker Wins 2024 CSU Chappell Graduate Faculty Award

TSYS School professor of computer science Yesem Kurt-Peker was a big winner at the 2024 CSU Faculty Awards Ceremony. She received the 2024 CSU Chappell Graduate Faculty Award, which recognizes those full-time members of the Columbus State University Graduate Faculty who, in the tradition established by William Chappell, have demonstrated excellence in teaching CSU's graduate students and have contributed outstanding professional service to the Graduate School, the University and the community. Since 2018 Kurt-Peker has taught sections of CPSC 6126 - Introduction to Cybersecurity and CPSC 6555 - Selected Topics in Computer Science. Over the past five years, her teaching evaluations scores for these two courses have averaged a remarkable 4.78 and 4.91 (both out of 5), respectively. In addition, Kurt-Peker supervised a graduate thesis in 2017 by Latoya Jackson. Their co-authored work emerging from that endeavor was published in a 2019 issue of the International Journal of Network Security. She also supervised a 2023 graduate thesis by Zeynep Delal Mutlu, the abstract of which was published by the 2023 International Conference on Cybersecurity and Computer Science. Kurt-Peker's supervision of theses by Zeinab Ahmed and Rahul Raj is currently ongoing, while she also currently serves on five thesis/dissertation committees. Since 2021, Kurt-Peker has served as the Graduate Programs Director for the TSYS School. In that position she recruits new graduate students, assesses graduate program curricula, and manages efforts related to the TSYS School's exit exams for graduate programs. This administrative responsibility also places Kurt-Peker on the Turner College's Graduate Programs Committee as well as CSU's Graduate Council. In fall of 2023, she took on the position of Interim Director of Graduate Studies in CSU's Graduate School. In this university-level role Kurt-Peker manages graduate assistantships and organizes/facilitates CSU's Graduate Research and Writing Bootcamp. Service in this position also places her on the University Curriculum Committee and the USG Regents Advisory Committee on Research. Lastly, Kurt-Peker currently serves on the Georgia Department of Education's Computer Science Education Advisory Council and in 2021 she worked with GaLearns as a subject expert in developing learning modules on security in furtherance of the professional development of Georgia's teachers. Turner Business congratulates Yesem on this outstanding achievement.

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Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

CSU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jay Entlich recently released a list of CSU faculty who have been chosen by a player as a member of the CSU faculty who has impacted the player in a positive way along their journey at CSU. Four Turner College faculty were included on the list, along with the player who nominated each. Management professor Phil Bryant was named by Sophia Leal , a freshman midfielder from Oxford, Georgia. Sophia attended Eastside High School and was a two-time all-region selection during her high school career. Through the first 10 games of 2024, she has scored one goal and recorded three assists. Next, management professor John Finley was named by Lizz Forshaw , a graduate student forward from Stockton, England. Lizz, who attended IMG Academy in south Florida, has scored four goals and recorded four assists this season. During her senior year in 2023, she scored three goals and recorded two assists. As a junior in 2022, Lizz scored three goals ...

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International ...

Hammer joins Turner College Finance Faculty

The Turner College's Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Melissa Ingle Hammer , who joins the group as an adjunct faculty in finance. Hammer graduated from the Turner College in 2005, after earning a BBA in finance. She later went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University, a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk from the University of Manchester, a Certificate in Team Culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Executive Presence from Cornell University. Hammer is the SVP of Fair Lending Product Management with RiskExec at Asurity. She previously worked as Compliance Manager of Fair Lending at Synovus, a senior regulatory consultant with Wolters Kluwer, and as VP of Compliance at TD. This semester Hammer will be teaching FINC 3135, Financial Institutions and Technologies. Turner Business welcomes Melissa and wishes her a great first semester in the Turner College.

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